On 21 January, the Israeli military stated that it has hit Iranian and Syrian targets
around Damascus, including the Russian made Pantsir-S1 air defense system.
The Israeli military statement stated, "During our strike, dozens of Syrian surface-to-air
missiles were launched, despite clear warnings to avoid such fire.
In response, we also targeted several of the Syrian Armed Forces' aerial defense batteries,"
It also released footage showing the several Russian-made Pantsir-S1 missile defense systems
were taken out.
Viewers can check the video in the link provided in the 'Description' section below.
It is to be noted that on May 10 last year, Israeli fighter jets had taken out Pantsir-S1
for the first time.
But unlike Pantsir-S1, destroying a Russian S 400 is a different game altogether.
In this video Defines Updates analyses why the weapon & tactics employed by Israel to
destroy Russian Pantsir-S1 won't work against S 400?
Request viewers to watch the video till the end to understand all the aspects.
Let gets started.
Israel choose not to disclose the exacts weapon it used against Pantsir-S1 neither the tactic
has been spoken about and rightly so.
Some experts have pointed to Delilah missile.
Delilah is dubbed as Air Defense System killer by Israel and is designed from grounds up
to hunt & destroy the enemy air defense system.
The missile has a maximum range of 250-300 km, carries payloads between 30-54 kg and
can cruise at a speed of Mach 0.3-0.7.
The missile reportedly has an accuracy of 1 m CEP.
The Delilah is unique as its radar signature is either too small or too large and doesn't
match the profile of an aircraft or a missile.
It appears as a decoy while being detected by the enemy radar and this could one of the
reason that it is able to fool Pantsir-S1.
It is highly possible that the Pantsir-S1 had exhausted its ammunition as it tried to
defend against an overwhelming saturating attack and was taken out after that.
There is also a possibility that the radar of Pantsir-S1 was jammed with Electronic Warfare (EW).
Let us now check why this kind of weapon and tactics won't be effective against S 400.
Pantsir-S1's fire control system includes a target acquisition radar and dual waveband
tracking radar that operates in the UHF and EHF waveband.
The detection range is 36 km (22 mi) and tracking range is 28 km (17 mi) for a target with 2 m2 (22 sq ft) RCS.
The system has a 360-degree coverage and both the sensors use Passive electronically scanned
array.
There is also an infrared radar that is capable of detecting, acquiring and tracking targets
even in low visibility conditions.
Though the radar unit is capable but is nowhere near what the S 400 brings to the table.
S 400 uses multiple radars depending on threat perception.
The primary one is either the 91N6E Big Bird Acquisition and Battle Management Radar or
92N6E Grave Stone Multimode Engagement Radar These have a range of around 600 km.
The main radar is complimented by target acquisition radars like 67N6 Gamma De and 9N6 Protivnik
Ge radars in L band, Nebo SVU in the Very High-Frequency band and Nebo m & Zebu M in
multiband.
Nebo SVU & Zebu M is touted to have the ability to detect stealth aircraft.
All of these radars especially the primary once are very powerful and highly resistant
to jamming.
The uses of multiple radars also lend a high degree of redundancy and the system keeps
working even if one is jammed or disabled.
S 400 can track hundreds of target at a time, engage up to 36 targets at a given moment.
Pantsir-S1 combines short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery
in a single platform.
The missiles have a range of 20 km or 12 miles.
The cannon has a range is up to 4 km (2.5 mi).
S 400 is different adversary altogether.
It deploys multiple missiles to cover its strike envelope.
1. Short-range 9M96E (40 km) with an active radar homing head, having the capability to intercept
targets having a speed up to Mach 2.6
2. Medium-range 9M96E2 (120 km) with an active radar homing head, having the capability to
intercept targets having a speed up to of Mach 3
3. Long-range 48N6 (250 km) with an active radar homing head, having the capability to intercept
targets having a speed up to of Mach 14
4. Very-long-range 40N6 (400 km) with an active radar homing head, having the capability to
intercept targets having a speed up to Mach 14
The massive range means that S 400 can not only target the incoming missiles but also
the platform launching them.
For example, an aircraft launching the Delilah missile will be targeted even before it is
able to launch the missile since it will have to be well within the range of S 400 when
launching the Delilah.
The massive range provides another major benefit- the S 400 will have the opportunity to target
the incoming missiles multiple times, increasing the chances of successful intercept by many folds.
The surface-to-air missiles option is the 12 57E6 or 57E6-E two-stage solid fuel radio-command-guided
missile.
The missiles are arranged into two groups of 6 sealed ready-to-launch container tubes
on the turret, so it has 12 missiles onboard.
The missiles have a range of 20 km or 12 miles, max speed of Mach 3.8 and carry a 20 kg High
Explosive fragmentation warhead.
Anti-aircraft artillery is the two dual 2A38M 30 mm autocannon guns that are fitted with
700 rounds which can either be High explosive fragmentation or armor piercing once.
The maximum rate of fire is 2,500 rounds per minute per gun.
S 400 take the firepower game to a whole new level.
Each S 400 battery consist of a number of transporter erector launchers (TELs) and each
TEL has 4 launch tubes.
In a standard configuration, a single battery has 4 TELs, but there could be up to 16 TELs
per battery.
So, depending on the number of TELs commanded by the S 400, it can simultaneously launch
up to 16* 4 that is 64 missiles. (Wrongly pronounced as 72).
This means that saturating S 400 battery is very difficult, unlike Pantsir-S1.
Pantsir-S1 is not protected by any other system.
But S 400 is actually protected by Pantsir-S1.
This makes the task of destroying S 400 even more difficult.
Trying to destroy S 400 could result in loss of a significant number of aircraft and missiles.
A country like Israel will have to commit a massive amount of resource to take out a
single battery of S 400, and this may not be a viable and tactically wise decision.
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